I am about to let my 6 Nooks circulate with fifth grade students. I called B&N about the following concerns - they do not have an answer, I am wondering how you are dealing with it: 1. I would…Continue

I just purchased 5 NookColors. HOWEVER, our district does not allow school credit cards and we are not allowed to buy gift cards. Just looking for a solution to this problem. Can anyone share how…Continue

"I don't think settings can be locked, as far as I know. I know what you mean by the "erase and deregister" setting being available. It all comes to down to how much you trust the students who are checking out.
If you…"

"Karen, students can download ePub files from the library and load them using USB onto the Nook Color. I don't think they have the ability to load wirelessly. They will need Adobe Digital Editions on the computer they are using to download and…"

"Karen, great questions. You might want to send out a message to the Nook Group so they will all see your questions. Paula O'Rourke up in MA is doing something similar. You might want to DM her through the Ning. If I find any answers I will let…"

"Hey everyone:
Is there a way to prevent students from getting into SETTINGS on the NOOK? I am afraid that they will get in and erase the NOOK! Also, is there a way to stop automatic sample downloads from B&N?"

"Have you contacted Barnes and Nobles? Our local store has an education rep. and they will accept only PO's which I like. They load the Nooks so no credit card, etc can be used on the school purchased Nooks."

"You can now do a Purchase Order to purchase e-books through Barnes & Noble. They will manage your accounts for you, putting the e-books on the nooks per your specifications. They will set up an e-book account using POs. "

"Hi Paula,
I have assisted local districts in setting up large nook accounts. We purchased one Visa Green dot prepaid card and used that to set up all of the accounts. The prepaid cards are functional, you just have to go to the website…"

"Laurie,
Management at my local Barnes & Noble store insisted that I use a credit card with a physical address - so I used my own. The reason given was that the prepaid credit cards are anonymous and the system would be looking for a…"

"I worked with our local B&N - they allowed me to use a purchase order for the exact amount of the ebooks and will then issue me a gift card. My business office is OK with this. Still haven't tried switching the account to an amex gift card.…"

"Paula, we have customers who have successfully used an American Express gift card to register their NOOKs. Elsewhere on this site, someone posted that they used a Walmart Green-dot card, but I'm unfamiliar with those."

"Peggy, I was told by my local Barnes & Noble sales rep that I couldn't use a prepaid credit card of any kind because it had to be connected to a physical address. So, I reluctantly had to use my own. I was also told that they were…"